September 17: The City Carries On
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Slideshow: The Towers in Flames
Twin terrorist attacks set the World Trade Towers aflame.
Slideshow: Scenes of Horror
Rubble replaced New York's proud towers.
Photos: Artists' visions for WTC site
These are some of the artistic designs for what the World Trade Center site could become on display at Max Protetch galleries in Manhattan.
Rebuilding With New Job
In the spring, a week before Passover, tragedy struck Andrew Zucker's life when his wife, Erica, miscarried two weeks before the due date of their daughter.
Twin Towers Love Story's Sad End
The friendship that would later blossom into marriage began about 15 years ago at a copy machine in the offices of what was then Dean Witter, somewhere around the 60th floor of Tower Two of the World Trade Center.
A Wife and Two Children Still Cling to Hope
Battalion Chief John Moran was injured, but survived, the Father's Day explosion of an Astoria hardware store that left three other firefighters dead.
Devoted to His Job and His Sister
Firefighter Michael Weinberg, 34, of Maspeth was off duty, eagerly anticipating a 9:08 a.m. tee time at Forest Park Golf Course Tuesday, a perfect sunlit day for golf.
Heroism for 21 Years in the Rescue of Others
A year ago, Terry Hatton, captain of the city fire department's Rescue 1 squad, led a daring and successful mission that saved 12 people trapped in a malfunctioning elevator on the 78th floor at Two World Trade Center.
The Lost
FOR THE LOVED ones of those confirmed dead in the World Trade Center disaster, there was no day of rest, no moment of peace from the awful news. Sunday was spent making funeral arrangements, consoling the living, and thinking of those still missing. The lives of these victims were filled with moments of heroism- such as the firefighters who gave their lives in an attempt to save others - or in demonstrating everyday acts of courage - the kind needed to run a business, to keep a family together or to dream
Like London In the Blitz
As New York struggled to return to its bustling self -- preparing for the reopening today of public schools and the Stock Exchange -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani invoked the memory of Winston Churchill, who 60 years ago rallied the British as they withstood Nazi air attacks on London.
Ceremonies at St. Pat's, Other Churches
With wounds still fresh from the World Trade Center tragedy and cries of grief echoing throughout the city, thousands turned to their churches yesterday to seek spiritual comfort.
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Confirmed Fatalities
In addition to the fatalities previously reported, the New York City Fire Department and Medical Examiner's Office have released the following names:
Anguished Labors Continue
The grim and exhausting task of looking for survivors in the rubble of the World Trade Center continued yesterday.
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A City of Contrasts
Along the West Side Highway yesterday, two realities existed side-by-side. In one, New Yorkers walked their dogs, rode their bicycles, and skated along the bike path. In the other, the massive recovery effort transformed the three-mile-long stretch of roadway into one giant staging area.
FDNY Elevates Officers to Fill Jobs of the Fallen
The Fire Department yesterday promoted 173 firefighters in an effort - both necessary and symbolic - to shore up its decimated leadership ranks.
Now, Skies Have Limits
Sentimental, romantic ... the young man and woman held each other yesterday in the clear Sunday light at Kennedy Airport.
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Missing Their Heroes, They Come to Pray
At St. Francis de Sales Church in the Rockaways, grief has seeped in slow and powerful like the waters of the Atlantic Ocean that hug this neighborhood's backyard.
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He Loved His Family and the Law
Walter G. Hynes, a New York Fire Department captain and attorney who was well-known in the Rockaways, was among the many firefighers from his neighborhood who died in the World Trade Center collapse. He was 46.
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Offers of Aid a Staggering Gamut
Air fare. Teddy bears. Housing. Office furnishings. Grave sites.
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Children's Corner
Inside the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan, where family members of World Trade Center victims endure painful questions on the missing, there is a quiet, cozy corner just for the children.
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A Husband Who Thought Only of a Reassuring Call
The family resemblance between Deborah Opperman, her sister Andrea Buska and their mother Betty Jongbloed is not usually this pronounced.
Jimmy Breslin: War Leaves Him Alone at the Altar
Herewith a true story from one of the low-density neighborhoods of the city. These are the two-story neighborhoods that have found it so costly to have jobs working in great buildings in Manhattan that suddenly turned vulnerable.
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Ray Sanchez: Below Ground, Eerie Reminders
Half a cup of black coffee still sat on a counter yesterday in a token booth under what was once the World Trade Center. A gray hooded sweatshirt hung from the back of a chair.
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In the Mayor's Words
Selected excerpts of comments by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yesterday at the Fire Department's promotion ceremony at departmental headquarters in Brooklyn.
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Ellis Henican: The Little Things Count, Too
When the big guys on Wall Street decide to do something - well, they do have the wherewithal to bring a proper grandeur to the job.
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'Fireman Ray' Died In The Rubble
Raymond York could not be kept from the World Trade Center after two hijacked airplanes smashed into it Tuesday.
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Marchers Stand United Against Bias
A diverse gathering of Arab-Americans, Latinos, Asians, whites and blacks - concerned about reported bias incidents in the city and nationally - peacefully marched in Brooklyn last night to express their grief over the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Commuter Ferry Opens in B'klyn
Riding the ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan was an experience more common to city commuters in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Poet Walt Whitman even immortalized the experience in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry."
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Subway and Transit (Stand Alone Chart)
Subway and Transit No service on the 1/9 lines between Chambers Street
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Giuliani As 'New York's Churchill'
When Rudolph Giuliani went to sleep on Monday night, he was drifting toward becoming a politician of the past, a controversial law-and-order figure who seemed to repel as many New Yorkers as he inspired.
Port Authority's Pain
As Port Authority officials released the names of 35 missing police officers and two confirmed deaths, their comrades vowed to continue the search.
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Within the Ruins, Missing Foreigners
Several hundred British nationals may have died as a result of the airborne terrorist attack at the Twin Towers, government officials said Friday.


